Ken Ward's Astrology Pages

The Saturn In The Signs.

Because Saturn spends about 2 1/2 years in each sign, the
meanings do not have a distinct personal meaning (except through distinguishing groups of
people from groups of people born in other Saturn signs. They do, however, have a personal
meaning in relation to the Houses and Aspects.

There is conflict between your tendency to act first and initiate (Aries) and your
tendency to hold back and be controlled (Saturn in fall). This can, however, give you
greater staying power (Saturn), and keep you out of trouble (through impulsiveness,
Aries). Your desire to do things quick and straight away (Aries) is balanced by another
desire to look before you leap (prudence, earth), and also the desire to work hard and
complete the job, which makes it less likely you will give up
when you feel bored (because it's taking too long, and something else seems more
interesting to start(Aries).

Another way of saying this, which applies to all the other Signs with Saturn, is that
you must do, what the sign indicates (or the house indicates). You may be
terrified of acting like Aries, but this is what you need to learn and deal with. That is,
you need to be more open and to do things impulsively, at least sometimes.

You may be slow to start speaking and slow in speaking, although when you speak you
usually have something worth listening to (Saturn, earth, Taurus).You are trustworthy and
loyal (fixed sign). You have a strong reluctance to change (enduring earth), and are hard
to move from a position once adopted. You are very possessive and may be miserly. You may,
however, be quite happy if you have somewhere to live, the clothes on your back, and a few
dollars in the bank. In this case, you will appear non-materialistic. But you must
have this minimum.

Sometimes people with Saturn in Taurus may feel they cannot accept personal wealth
(perhaps think it's being greedy). They may be overgenerous because they feel guilty or
ashamed of owning things or appearing selfish.

You seek control (Saturn) in a versatile and variable manner in your thinking (air),
reasoning and short journies. You work hard, but sometimes intermittently, dealing with
factual information. You structure your thinking factually and pragmatically. You restrict
your tendency to superficial. You have a good mind and may deal with mathematics or the
more useful aspects of written communication as it relates to science and industry.

You seek control in relation to your home and family instinctively and protectively.
You feel safe and secure as long as your home is OK. You work hard for your family and
home. You use your home to create good feelings and security. You are restricted somewhat
by your past. You may feel guilty about the past or your family. You may feel moody or
melancholic when what you consider to be your roots are threatened. This may mean you are
patriotic.

You need to impress and be creative in order to feel you are in control. You can
achieve a charismatic emotional impact. You are restricted by a tendency to take risks in
investements and in gambling. You seek admiration through drama, recreation or through
your children. You may feel guilty about being fun-loving.

You seek to control by being analytical and critical, particularly in work. You feel
guilty when you don't have anything to do, or when you do not follow work routines, or
your own standards, to the letter. You are considered a very responsible person on the
job, and may be good at repairing and fixing things. You are concerned about health,
nutrition and hygiene, and work hard so that you and others reap the benefits of a healthy
life style.

You seek control in a diplomatic and harmonious way in relation to others, particularly
in one-to-one relationships. You may make rules about your relationships, and feel guilty
when they are broken, by you, or the other person. And you must have a partner in order to
feel good. The fear of losing a partner may limit you. You can use partners simply
for appearnace without being deep or committed. You seek to continue relationships,
however.

Responsibilities may be experienced intensely from deep hidden psychological or psychic
sources. Self-mastery may be experienced revealing hidden resources. You seek power
privately and intimately through transformation or even occult studies. You may
compulsively work hard to achieve self-control. You are passionate and intense in
sexuality, but could react against this and practice self-denial.

You consider it necessary (Saturn) for you to be free and also to be tolerant
(Sagittarius), and this can be somewhat compulsive. You follow the rules (Saturn) of
freedom and justice, and you may apply them in a foreful way (fire), especially in
realtion to threats to freedom. That is, for you, freedom has its limits and rules. You
may travel far and wide (physically or in studies) to seek the truth (Sagittarius) which
you will organise and structure in a practical manner (earthy Saturn).

You work had in a procedural and planned way to seek your goals. You can continue for
years working for your goal. You may feel frustrated on occasions because things aren't
moving as fast as you would like, but you are careful and cautious about showing what you
feel in matters that affect your own interest (or that of your family). You can be
charming and persistent in getting what you want, and you are a good persuader, and may be
a good orator. In matters relating to justice, you are extremely firm, but you are fair
and impartial. You are a good executive.

You seek to structure life (Saturn) in an indifferent and unconventional manner. You
need friends, and must have them around you. You are a loyal friend (fixed), and if you
are sometimes unconventional or quirky, then this is OK. You are more likely to dream up
plans that are sometimes, but not always, impractical (air). But you enjoy talking about
them anyway. Scientists with this placement may create new theories and make new
discoveries because they know the rules, but can sometimes break them.

You always follow the rules impressionably and inspirationally in relation to spiritual
and transcendent matters. You can be patient, and take hard knocks, and even be self
sacrificing for the sake of the transcendent. You can wait for a better life in some
transcendent state and can endure whatever the world can throw at you.